Improvement in type-case stands



UNITED STA'rEs PATENT OFFICEe l ALEXANDER T. DE PUY, or New Yemen.Y.,V-Ass1eNoR r ro R. nonl a co., or'Y SAME PLACE. Y f

` IMPRovl-:Mi-:NT |N rvPis-cAs'l: STANDS.

Specification formingpart of Letters Patent No. 173, [13, dated February8, .1876 ;v application ,filed l November 3, 12475.

To all whom it 'may concern: Beit known that I, ALEXANDER T. DE PUY,

l of the city,lv county, and State of New York,

have invented an Improvement in Type-Case Stands, of which the followingis a specifica# tion:

In thedrawings which form a partof this l speoica'tion, and wherein likeletters indicate like parts- Figure 1 is a perspective view of atypecase stand embodying my inventionl 'FigsJZ to 7, inclusive, showdetails of various .parts thereof. Fig. 8 isa perspective view of amodi-v A' iication; and Figs. 9 to 12 are details of said modication. v

The object of my invention .is to improve l the construction oftype-case stands made of metal 5 and it consists in details too full-yhereinafter described to need preliminary explaination.

The posts or uprights 1, preferably formed of iron piping, are secured*together by transfverse rods 2', transverse bars 3, and longitudinalbars'ft. The rods 2 are reduced in lsizeat a short distance from eachend, so asto enter holes in and 'pass through the l,posts 1, the

i shoulders 16 thus formed bearing against the inner surfaces ofthe saidposts l. The'ends 5 of these rods 2'aiso pass through the loingij-Vtudinal bars 4, -whichare perforatedfto receive -them,'and are tappedwith screw-threads to receive thehuts 6, .which securely hold the saidposts together. The bars 3 are connected to said posts l by ,bolts orscrews, may be preferred. The-longitudinal barsdfare seated in slots 7,in the heads 8, where they may bef riveted or soldered-,which heads arestemmed so' vas to enter and bel securely heldintheopeu upper ends ofthe hollow posts 1. The upper lc'mgitudinal bars 4 are thus capableofbeing` raised, by a vertical movement, from out their.`

sockets in the posts, and may thus be removed from the frame-work. A.

The lower ends l.of the heads 8 may be hollow, so as to form sockets orcaps tting over the ends of the posts 1, or stems extending from them.

, The front andV rear upper bars 4 are com nectedtogether bythecase-supports9, which 'are provided vwith hooked ends 10, made to lapV.over the bars et or to rest in recesses in the upper edges ofsaid'bars. v y These case-supportsgare thus capableof being removedvatwill'from lthe stand. They are, moreover, provided Withseats 1:5,.formedby bending angles in them, which seatssupport the'type-oases rested uponthem in a manner well understood.

A supplemental .case-supporting frame is, constructed by unitingtransverse bars lfttoV I position.

In the modification, Fig. 8, the postsA or .up`

rights 31' are ,made ot' angl'eiron, and are secured together atlt'heirlower ends by longitudinal rods, which are made yinsections 17 I`and-18. Thesections 17 have their ends re y,

.duced in diameter, soas `to pass Ythroughopenings inthe flanges 19 ofthe posts34`,.against 4which their shoulders 22`V abut.'v They arescrew-threaded and arefasteued'in place by fnuts 20,.orenterfscrew-sockets inthe .inner ',endspot" the sectionsl 1S. The outerendsfof the sections 18 pass .through theflanges 19,

4and aresecured by.nu.ts2l. ".Tl'lerodsfasteny ing the` posts togetherattheir upper ends may beoonstru'oted in the samefmanner. They are,

. however, preferably: formedv of pipe Acut ,into.,-s'ections.23,'24,faud;25, the endsof which bear 'against vthe iiangesv19-` of the posts 34, and .through which sections of pipe, and theperforated flanges 19, rods 26 are passed, their screw-threaded endsreceiving nuts 27, which bear against the outer faces ofthe flanges ot'the end posts. t

The case-supports 28 in this instancev are made of angle-iron, whoseflange is turned up l'at suitable points to form lugs 29, which act v asseats for the upper and lower cases of type. The ends of these supports28 are perforated to receive the rods 26, by which they are the pipe, aswill be understood from an inspection of Fig. 10. f

The case-supports 28 may be made to slide upon the pipe-sections 23 24,which will then be united as one section. This adjustment is desirable,since it provides a means for supporting short cases, such as those usedfor job-fonts.

The transverse bars 30 may be heldin place by the longitudinal rods 171-8, or be riveted or bolted directly to the posts 1, as are thetransverse bars 3l. The ribs 11 are iron castings, having ledges 12projecting at right an- Vgles from their sides, and enlarged ends 32,'which are perforated with eyes of a diameter i sufficient to receivethe cylindrical post 1, p uponwhich they are strung, so as to rest uponeach other in a vertical pile. The lowerfmost ribs are supported bytheir outer ends 'rods 2 and the ribs 11. The parts are thus reduced toa form -which permits them to be packed in a small compass, whereby theymay be conveniently shipped or stored, since each clamped betweensections 23, 24, and l25 of of the pairs of posts 1, and the parts theysup- Y port, may be packed closely together, while the detached partsare of'such shape as to pack snugly with them, and form a compact massrequiring but little room.

The modification, Fig. 8, may be similarly the longitudinal rods, whichreleases the parts in like manner as described with reference to Fig. 1.

4-W hat I claim is- 1. In combination with the posts or uprights,

the ribs constituting the rack of a type-case y stand, constructed so asto be held in position by embracing the said posts or uprights,substantially as shown and described.

2. The casesupporting ribs, cast with rightangular projections 12, andprovided with eyes or mortices in their ends, by which they may bestrung, and supported upon the posts rest-ing upon the lower bars 4,'and tbe rest of or uprghts, substantially as shown and dethe ribs areseated in like manner upon each other. An equal number of these ribs areplaced upon the center and one set of the L outer posts so as to faceeach other, and togetlier form racks for the reception of the type-caseswhen not in use for composing matter. These ribs, though they will bytheir gravity usually remain in proper position,

are preferably held in place by the cross-bars '3, but screws or bolts,uniting the'upper ones Y to the posts, will secure them rmly.

In the modification, Fig. 8, `the ribs 33 are made of angle-iron, andare recessed at their ends, so as to embrace the flanges 19 of theangle-iron posts 34, as in Fig. 12. They are in other respectsconstructed and operate like the ribs 11. n The said ribs 11 or 33,which are supported upon the central posts may be provided with ledges12, extending in opposite directions, as shown in dotted lines, Fig. 6,'which means the said ribs are adaptedto supscribed.

3. The upperlongitudinal rails 4and stemmed heads 8,1m combinationwiththe hollow posts 1, substantially as shown and described.

4. The supplemental case-,supporting frame, constructed of longitudinalbars 13 of angleiron and transverse bars 14substantially as shown anddescribed.

5. The combination of the removable longitudinal bars 4, posts 1,transverse bars 3, and screw'rods 2, substantially as shown 1,anddescribed. f

6. The case-supports'28, constructed of angle-iron, and provided witheyes Vfor receiving the supporting-rods 26, substantially as shown anddescribed. f e 4 f 7. The `case-supports 28, constructed of angle-iron,and provided with the case-rests 29, substantially as shown anddescribed.

8. In combination with the longitudinal supportingbars, the sliding case-support 28',

porta set of cases on either or both sides of substantiallyV as shownand described.

the central posts.

'lhe several parts composing this stand may f be readily disconnected,to permit them to be packed for shipment. v,This is accomplishedbylremoving the vsupplemental frame 13 14 f and the case-supports 9.

The bupper longitudinal bars 4 are then lifted from their sockets, andthe lower longitudinal bars 4 are dej tached by unscrewing the nuts 6.This leaves the companion post 1 joined together bythe 9. In combinationwith the angle-iron posts 34, the sectional rods or pipes, substantiallyas shown and described'.

disposed in Vcompact form, by disconnecting A In testimony whereof Ihave signed my

